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Security:
Worldwide Security Server
Appliance Market Grows $42M
According to IDC's Worldwide Security Server Appliance Tracker, worldwide
security appliance market factory revenues were $355 million in the fourth
quarter of 2002, up 15% from the previous quarter and representing the largest
sequential growth for 2002. Firewall/VPN (virtual private network) appliances
continued to be the leading segment of the market with 90% revenue share in
the fourth quarter. However, the network intrusion detection sub-market showed
signs of momentum as it outpaced the overall market with 19% sequential
growth.
"Enterprises increasingly see security appliances as the bedrock of their
security posture. The firewall/VPN appliance market continues to grow despite
these weak economic times and network intrusion detection appliances are
increasing in popularity," says Charles Kolodgy, research director for IDC's
security products service. "Looking at the overall security appliance market
by price band, much of the growth is occurring with products geared for small
business, branch offices, and supporting large data centers. By having so many
flavors of security appliances, companies can service many more segments of
the market."
In the fourth quarter, Cisco maintained the leading position in the total
worldwide security server appliance market capturing 37% of revenue share.
Netscreen posted the strongest sequential growth among the top five vendors
achieving 32% growth from the third quarter.
"Market shares only tell a miniscule part of the story," says Chris
Christiansen, program vice president for IDC's security products service.
"Vendors are jockeying for key price bands with newly introduced products.
Because customers vary radically by price band, success in one area has no
bearing on another market. Increasingly, we believe that measuring price band
performance is far more important than the overall success of one or another
vendor."
Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide Security Appliance Factory Revenue, Fourth
Quarter
2002 ($M)
- Cisco: 37.4% Market Share, 9.2% Revenue Growth Q3/Q4
- Nokia: 15.9% Market Share, 18.3% Revenue Growth Q3/Q4
- Netscreen: 12.0% Market Share, 31.7% Revenue Growth Q3/Q4
- Sonicwall: 5.6% Market Share, -12.7% Revenue Growth Q3/Q4
- Watchguard: 4.5% Market Share, 14.0% Revenue Growth Q3/Q4
- Others: 24.6% Market Share, 23.2% Revenue Growth Q3/Q4
- Total Revenue Growth Q3/Q4: 14.8%
IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Security Server Appliance Tracker is a
quantitative
tool for analyzing the global security server appliance server market on a
quarterly basis. The Tracker includes quarterly shipments (both ISS and
upgrades) and revenues (both customer and factory), segmented by vendor, sub-
market, family, model, region, operating system, price band, CPU type, and
architecture.
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